Oceanography category: 437 books

As science advances at breakneck speed, it becomes harder to make new discoveries and chart uncharted territory. Yet The Deep Pull: A Major Advance in the Science of Ocean Tides does just that. This book offers the world a new model of tide formation that can actually find a pattern in previously...

There is still so much about the oceans that scientists do not know, and exploring the continental shelves of the world is a huge part of finding out more about these underwater environments. Further to that, it is extremely important that, while scientists and engineers explore and monitor the continental...

Marine Meteorology has a long tradition, and studies of surface meteorological conditions have been published repeatedly since the end of the last century. Recently, the demand has grown for more detailed descriptions. This stems both from the public's interest in climatic change and from our growing...

The Arctic and its surrounding marginal seas are considered some of the most sensitive elements of the global environment, which may respond rapidly to climate change. However, due to various reasons, our knowledge of the processes which drive the Arctic system today and in the past is still relatively...

Die Reise geht zu den geheimnisvollen heißen Schloten am Meeresgrund. Nicht nur geologisch ein noch immer rätselhaftes Phänomen, sind sie auch Oasen wimmelnden Lebens in der Tiefsee. Und wie es lebt: weiße Bakterienwolken, Krabben ohne Augen, Würmer ohne Darm, Riesenmuscheln - rund um die unterseeischen...

Sea Ice: Physics and Remote Sensing addresses experiences acquired mainly in Canada by researchers in the fields of ice physics and growth history in relation to its polycrystalline structure as well as ice parameters retrieval from remote sensing observations. The volume describes processes operating...

This book focuses on understanding the characteristics of the marine environment; overall characteristic of the marine resources (especially the marine new energy) and their current utilization; important routes, channels, and ports; and the Maritime Silk Road from the perspective of international...

Marine extremes, as they are conceived of in this volume, encompass environments, activities, events and impacts. Extreme environments found in and around our oceans, including the deep sea and seabed as well as the frozen polar regions, are being seriously affected by both extreme behaviours (dumping...

Geology of the China Seas represents the first English-language synthesis of the available research into the geology of the South and East China Seas. Among the marginal basins worldwide, these areas have been the focus of extensive research activities in the last three decades, and are now among...

Describing the emerging and unresolved issues related to the oceans and the marine environment, this book presents the developments made in marine science and policy since the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and implications for the sustainable management...

40 Meter hoch, wie aus dem Nichts auftauchend und mit verheerender Wirkung: Schon seit ewigen Zeiten berichten Seefahrer über Riesenwellen, die auf dem offenen Meer Schiffe überrollen und zum Sinken bringen. Lange hat man solche Geschichten für Seemannsgarn gehalten, doch heute weiß man, dass es...

Stockdunkel, eiskalt und enormer Druck: Die Tiefseegräben der Ozeane gehören zu den spektakulärsten aber auch seltsamsten Phänomenen der Erde – und zu den am wenigsten erforschten. Denn bisher ist es Wissenschaftlern nur selten gelungen, zu den tiefsten Stellen der Meere vorzudringen und sie einer...

Lange galten die Weltmeere als Symbol für unberührte Weiten und als nahezu unerschöpflicher Quell des Lebens. Doch das war einmal: Ölunfälle, Überfischung, Einleitung von Chemieabfällen: Der Mensch hat längst massiv in dieses gewaltige Ökosystem eingegriffen und seine Spuren hinterlassen. In...